RSPCA blast cruel teens who stabbed swan in ‘senseless’ park attack

A swan has been reunited with her partner and cygnets after she was stabbed with sticks by “cruel” teenagers. The bird was attacked on a footpath by two boys who injured her wings before running off.

The female swan was left bleeding with nasty wounds. It is thought she could have been protecting her cygnets at the time of the incident.

Inspector Deborah Beats and animal rescue officer Steve Wickam used a boat to reach the injured bird at Sale Water Park near Manchester. They wore protective clothing to minimise the ongoing risk posed by avian flu as the officers caught the swan.